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House Report: Trump Misused Power, Obstructed Congress
The House has released a sweeping impeachment report outlining evidence of what it calls President Donald Trump’s wrongdoing toward Ukraine. The findings will serve as the foundation for debate over whether the 45th president should be removed from office. The 300-page report from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee makes the case that Trump misused the power of his office...
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Key Findings of Fact from ‘The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report'
The House Intelligence Committee released a report outlining evidence for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
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Congress Pushes Ahead on Trump Impeachment With Nation Split
The House is plunging into a landmark impeachment week, with Democrats who once hoped to sway Republicans now facing the prospect of an ever-hardening partisan split over the question of removing President Donald Trump from office. Lawmakers were getting their first look at the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report Monday night behind closed doors, and Chairman Adam Schiff said...
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White House Says It Won't Participate in Impeachment Hearing
The House impeachment inquiry enters a pivotal stage this week, with investigators planning a vote Tuesday to approve their report making the case for President Donald Trump’s removal from office as he decides whether to mount a defense before a likely Senate trial. A draft report will be available for members of the House Intelligence Committee to view in a...
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House Intelligence Committee to Vote on Impeachment Report
The House Intelligence Committee will vote Tuesday on Chairman Adam Schiff’s impeachment report, which will make a case for the congressional removal of President Donald Trump, NBC News reports. The vote, likely to break along party lines, is a formality allowing the Democrat-controlled body to pass the impeachment inquiry on to the Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to begin its...
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2 OMB Staffers Quit After Expressing Frustration About Frozen Ukraine Aid, Top Official Says
Mark Sandy, a career staffer in the White House Office of Management and Budget, told impeachment investigators that two budget staffers left the agency after expressing frustrations about the unexplained hold on Ukrainian aid, according to new closed-door transcripts released Tuesday. Sandy said that one staffer, who worked in OMB’s legal office and whose name was undisclosed, told him they...
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Trump Impeachment Hearings Highlight Immigrants' Stories
One came from northeast England. Another came from the former Soviet Union. A third was born in Canada to parents who’d fled the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Several witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry this week chose to highlight their immigrant backgrounds, sharing their families’ stories in highly personal opening statements. They drew a connection to how...
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Watch, Read Fiona Hill and David Holmes' Opening Statements at Public Impeachment Hearing
Fiona Hill, a former top White House adviser on Russia and Europe, and David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, are the final witnesses testifying on week two of public hearings as part of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
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Ukraine Asked About Aid on Day of Trump Call: Official
In a blow to GOP defenses of President Donald Trump, a Defense Department official said Wednesday the Ukrainian government asked “what was going on” with U.S. military aid as early as July 25 — the very day that Trump asked Ukraine’s president to investigate Democrats. Testifying in an evening hearing, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper told lawmakers her...
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Cooper Sheds New Light on Ukrainian Assistance Timeline
Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper testified on Wednesday and revealed a new timeline for when Ukrainian officials began to inquire about previously allocated military aid being withheld.
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House Lawyer Says Committee Investigating Whether Trump Lied
The House of Representatives’ top lawyer told a federal appeals court Monday that the House is investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller, and the attorney urged the judges to order the release of still-secret material from Mueller’s investigation. Two of the three judges who heard arguments at the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
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Trump Emissary Ties President Closer to Ukraine Pressure
Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian official. Sondland said vital U.S. military assistance to Ukraine might be freed up if the country’s top prosecutor “would go to the mike and announce that he was opening the Burisma investigation,” a U.S. official told lawmakers. Burisma is the...
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Trump Responds to Question About Intimidating Yovanovitch With Tweet: ‘I Want Freedom of Speech'
President Donald Trump took questions from the media this afternoon after he tweeted about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during her testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee
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Trump Responds to Question About Intimidating Yovanovitch With Tweet: ‘I Want Freedom of Speech'
President Donald Trump took questions from the media this afternoon after he tweeted about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during her testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee
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Schiff Questions Trump's Decision to Appoint Inaugural Donor Over Career Official in Ukraine
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., suggests in questions to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch that President Donald Trump removed her from her diplomatic post so that he could appoint someone more sympathetic to his foreign policy agenda, like a “top donor to his inauguration.”
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Schiff Questions Trump's Decision to Appoint Inaugural Donor Over Career Official in Ukraine
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., suggests in questions to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch that President Donald Trump removed her from her diplomatic post so that he could appoint someone more sympathetic to his foreign policy agenda, like a “top donor to his inauguration.”
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WATCH: Devin Nunes' Opening Statement During Impeachment Hearing With Marie Yovanovitch
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, delivers his opening statement during the second open hearing of the impeachment inquiry. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified at the hearing.
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WATCH: Devin Nunes' Opening Statement During Impeachment Hearing With Marie Yovanovitch
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, delivers his opening statement during the second open hearing of the impeachment inquiry. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified at the hearing.
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2nd Open Impeachment Hearing: Here Are the Opening Statements
Here are opening statements from the second public impeachment hearing on Nov. 15, which featured the testimony of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee spoke first, followed by ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.
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WATCH: Adam Schiff's Opening Statement During Impeachment Hearing With Marie Yovanovitch
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., delivers his opening statement during the second open hearing of the impeachment inquiry. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified at the hearing.